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Winning accolades for their vision of a green home in a desert

Staff Reporter

Janani and Sandeep won the `IGBC Green Design Competition'

GREEN WINNERS: `Green Building Design' contest winners Sandeep Vasanth (left) and Janani Ananth of MEASI Academy with Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO, in Bangalore.

CHENNAI: Janani Ananth and Sandeep Vasanth, final year B.Arch students of MEASI Academy, Chennai, won accolades at the `Green Building Congress 2006', as they bagged the first prize in the `IGBC Green Design Competition'.

The drawings submitted by the duo got them the first place from among nearly 140 entries submitted to the Congress, which was held in Bangalore earlier this month.

The competition was open to all undergraduate architecture and design students from India. Janani and Sandeep designed a `green home', which could be built on an area of 3,500 sq.ft. for a small sized family with the available resources in a desert.

Their building, made of recycled material, had a maximised view of the desert from the living room.

Two-foot-thick walls made of stabilised earth to keep away heat, high angle rays reflective roof forms, and passive cooling techniques were all part of the model.

Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, chief of ISRO, gave away the award to the students at a function, held recently in Bangalore.

The `IGBC Green Design Competition' was held as part of the Green Building Congress 2006, which was held to create awareness of sustainable design solutions and methodology. NIT, Tiruchi, and Jadhavpur University, Kolkata, came first and second runners-up respectively.

"Our students are our ambassadors. They demonstrate the quality of education imparted to them in our academy. I am sure our students' success in the Green Building Congress for two consecutive years will inspire other students to employ theoretical knowledge in more practical ways for the benefit of society," said K. Ameenur Rehman, Chairman, MEASI Academy.

Last year, Elizabeth Alex, a student of the academy, won the first prize in an essay writing competition conducted by same organisers.

Elizabeth received the prize from President Abdul Kalam.

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